Wednesday's Three Word Wednesday
The words over at Three Word Wednesday at bicker, nervous and trajectory. Something short, bittersweet.
Hallmark’s Got a Card for Everything
We bicker.
It’s like a nervous tic between us, like picking at cuticles until they bleed. And they always bleed.
We notch slings on archer’s bows, aim for the heart, but fail to let go the string at the last minute.
Until last night, when I let an arrow – all this pent-up sorrow – go.
A trajectory for your heart. Pierced, shot clean through. My wince at your pain, the burning of tears that cascade down your flushed cheeks.
The couch is cool and uncomfortable, penitence for my sins.
But your silence. The roar of your nothingness trembles across my eardrums, makes me nauseous, listening to my own blood course through veins, capillaries.
Just give me the chance to explain.
Hallmark’s Got a Card for Everything
We bicker.
It’s like a nervous tic between us, like picking at cuticles until they bleed. And they always bleed.
We notch slings on archer’s bows, aim for the heart, but fail to let go the string at the last minute.
Until last night, when I let an arrow – all this pent-up sorrow – go.
A trajectory for your heart. Pierced, shot clean through. My wince at your pain, the burning of tears that cascade down your flushed cheeks.
The couch is cool and uncomfortable, penitence for my sins.
But your silence. The roar of your nothingness trembles across my eardrums, makes me nauseous, listening to my own blood course through veins, capillaries.
Just give me the chance to explain.
Comments
How true is that? It sure has felt like that in the past. The couch is not far enough away, a snow bank maybe? :-)
Wonderful.
Short but very sweet, too.
Happy Wednesday!
*I always wondered about the words... now I have one less random thought circling my mind to distract me during times I should be concentrating on important things. I don't appreciate that one bit.
Happy Wednesday!
*I always wondered about the words... now I have one less random thought circling my mind to distract me during times I should be concentrating on important things. I don't appreciate that one bit.
Thanks for your sparkling encouraging words, I know I am not the only one going through something tough right now.
Best wishes for you and your dad.
Nice post...He should get a chance...Give her some time..
It somehow hit home..
Like the others, I liked the "roar of nothingness" bit, but I was especially struck by "the couch is cool and uncomfortable, penitence for my sins." One doesn't think of penitence being comfortable.
Well done.
Bella
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I swear I posted Wed. but I posted again. Sorry if it duplicated. Thanks for your words.